They carried himוַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּon the horsesעַל הַסּוּסִיםand buriedוַיִּקְבְּרוּhimאֹתוֹwith his fathersעִם אֲבֹתָיוin the cityבְּעִירof Judah.יְהוּדָה
2 Chronicles 25:28
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2 Chronicles 25:28, word by word
- They carried himיִּשָּׂאֻyisau
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisau” appears- on the horsesסּוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- and buriedיִּקְבְּרוּyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- with his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears
Translation note
“The city of Judah”: Jerusalem; 2 Kings 14:20 says “the city of David.”
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The death of Amaziah
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2 Chronicles 25:25–26:2
25:25Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years. 25:26The rest of the acts of Amaziah, the first and the last, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27From the time that Amaziah turned away from following YHWH, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 25:28They carried him on the horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 26:2He built Eloth and brought it back to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.
17Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years. 18The rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 20They carried him on the horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21All the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 22He built Elath and brought it back to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.
The context
27From the time that Amaziah turned away from following YHWH, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
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